It has its own particular following
of authors and readers, and builds upon traditional paper choose - your - own - adventure books, creating to digital labyrinths of HTML files (Masq is an impressive graphical novel approach), or the somewhat more procedural but ultimately still heavily pre-scripted software in which choices affect stats that in turn place limits on future choices (like Chris Crawford's Storytron).
Amazon claims the change is being made after consistent feedback from authors that paying the same for all books regardless of length may not provide a strong enough alignment between the interests
of authors and readers.
Review by: Carolyn Flynn on July 19, 2012: I really appreciate that Mark Coker looks after the best interests
of both authors and readers.
Publisher or publishing venue: both are designed to get as much money out
of authors and readers as possible.
Amazon's letter to writers who publish through its Kindle Select program explained that the formula was changing because of a concern «that paying the same for all books regardless of length may not provide a strong enough alignment between the interests
of authors and readers.»
And for better or worse, that transformation is a game - changer in every sector of publishing and bookselling activity including, of course, the activities
of authors and readers.
We hope our chorus of voices will help convince Hachette to negotiate on behalf of the best interests
of its authors and its readers.
A multi-authored book will now appear on the author pages for
each of the authors and readers can choose to receive an Authorgraph from one or all of them.
Self - publishing can transform the lives
of authors and their readers.
In China, the huge potential in the sheer number
of authors and readers is staggering.
And a bit of an awareness that a significant number
of authors and readers disagree with, or are at least suspicious of, the claims being made.
But he gives no quarter to ideas that this means trade shouldn't be taking advantage of what scholarly can teach it: trade and scholarly publishing have challenges that «at heart remain the same: making the economics work while satisfying a diverse audience
of both authors and readers,» he writes.
What is unique about AMC is that it serves the interests
of both authors and readers.
As well as helping authors sell their books, BGS hosts a thriving interactive community
of authors and readers.
With news that blew up the social media feeds
of authors and readers alike almost a week ago, Hopkins continues to spark new articles and new reactions every day.
Mary Cummings, Project Manager at Diversion Books, an ebook publisher co-launched in 2010 by Scott Waxman of the Waxman Literary Agency, spoke with GoodEReader.com in an interview about meeting the needs
of both authors and readers in the digital age.
E-Books: Considering the popularity of Nook, Kindle, and other reading devices, electronic books are on the radar
of authors and readers alike.
Only 9, but the city of Seattle and the state of Washington are densely populated with lots
of authors and readers.
This practice has firmly divided the world
of authors and readers, with some authors stating they make it a known practice to respond to reviews, while others state that an author should never delve into discussion of what a reader thinks of his book.
Of course, this resulted in changes to Amazon's reviewing policies, and quite a number
of authors and readers bemoaned the loss of their reviews.
The gatekeeping system served only its own ends, at the expense
of authors AND readers.
Shelf Media Group is an elite staff of editors and designers from a variety of national and international magazines, book publishers, and independent presses with a mission to create something that hasn't been done before for a new generation
of authors and readers.
In order to know which entities are actively working on behalf
of authors and readers alike, the powers that be must be replaced with organizations that actually work to further literature of every kind.
«Our capabilities consistently expand as our user base
of authors and readers continues to grow exponentially.»
I think he'd make a sh*t load of money that way — the entire emerging world
of authors and readers are entering the web via smartphone — they have neither the time nor the hardware - / software - purchasing money for Calibre, Sigil or a new Kindle every year.
Faber is building a robust publisher and author services business, with a virtual community
of authors and readers that also includes staging live events and writing courses.
«At Amazon we are missionaries when it comes to inventing on behalf
of authors and readers.
If the play of interaction has occurred with an «effective historical consciousness» that has realized a «fusion of horizons», that something is a new «subjectivity» (34) that combines the subjectivities
of the author and the reader.
Signature pages can be uploaded to the reader's Facebook page, providing even more exposure for the author, and the signature page can even be an embedded photograph
of the author and reader together at a live event.
At the same time, live events, such as at this weekend's RWA conference in Atlanta, authors can forge even greater connections with their readers by embedding a photo author page
of the author and the reader, complete with a fully unique signature and dedication (as opposed to signing platforms that simply embed a pre-written signature).
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of author and reader
Not exact matches
The pay - per - page system actually makes a lot
of sense because it provides for an objective way
of assessing an e-book's value to its
readers,
and authors get payments accordingly.
Professor
and author Dr. Barbara Oakley helps
readers learn to retrain
and reinvent themselves during a time
of rapid technological change with her book, Mindshift: Break Through Obstacles to Learning
and Discover Your Hidden Potential.
The answers are rarely so straightforward, a point the
authors make abundantly clear as they walk
readers through the logic
and evolution
of the modern day org.
Authors who post their ideas
and sample pages to Inkshares» community
of 100,000
readers, for instance, will be published if their ideas get 750 preorders from
readers.
This exchange will mix up the
authored content
and subject matter on your blog to entice your
readers to check out content by a well - known source,
and your content on their blog will diversify your exposure
and result in an influx
of traffic.
«This is not to say that headhunters do not play a valuable role,» said Max Steuer,
reader emeritus at the LSE Centre for Philosophy
and one
of the
authors of the paper.
Because list post
authors have already organized the key points
of information for their
readers, website visitors find this type
of post less intimidating
and more easily accessible than other content formats.
Charles Duhigg, staff writer for The New York Times
and author of The Power
of Habit, answers questions from
readers on Quora on topics ranging from how to develop a blogging habit to what it's like to work as a journalist.
The aim
of the series was for
authors to honestly discuss business challenges they'd faced
and offer actionable insights, which our
readers would find useful for launching, running, or working at their own startups.
The opinions expressed in
reader comments are those
of the
author only,
and do not reflect the opinions
of The Seattle Times.
A story with millions
of your own adventure in it — looking for
readers, writers, ghost writers,
authors, editors, reporters, journalists, bloggers, influencers, entrepreneurs, sponsors like you who want to help by giving $ 1 or more
and spreading this campaign
and the story to the world.
But it seems to me that one
of the problems with academic articles is that the
reader doesn't get a chance to comment on the article,
and the
author doesn't get the chance to read
readers» comments
and respond to them.
Lastly, our good friends at the Incrementum Fund, Ronald Stoeferle
and Mark Valek, who our
readers know as the
authors the annual «In Gold We Trust» report, have released the inaugural issue
of their new Crypto Research Report this December in cooperation with Demelza Kelso Hays
and several other contributors.
They test ranking
of author informativeness both directly via future stock returns
and indirectly by level
of reader interaction (comments).
This event is sponsored by Morningstar, John Wiley
and Sons Publishers, The
Reader, The University
of Nebraska at Omaha College
of Business Administration
and Omaha Airport Hudson Booksellers
and is an excellent opportunity to visit with several Buffett
authors, newsletter editors, stock analysts, Berkshire managers
and fellow shareholders.
It was Philip Fisher,
author of the groundbreaking Common Stocks
and Uncommon Profits, who often exhorted his
readers to be cautious about trading in the stock
of a company they have known for many years
and come to understand well for one with which they are not as familiar as it introduces different types
of risk.
He expected that his
reader would in turn have enough imagination to conjure up a sense
of an implied
author,
and he did everything he could to help him do so.
In Upbuilding Discourses in Various Spirits, the
reader is to reflect along with the
author on what purity
of heart is, how to acquire absolute confidence in Divine providence,
and what it means to follow Christ.
The
author is trying to intimate that this is not true,
and thus he is misleading, even deceiving his
readers in the interest
of good PR.